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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with US President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff during a meeting in Saint Petersburg on April 11, 2025. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov / POOL / AFP)

Lawmakers call Trump's envoy a "traitor"

Garrett Owen

Witkoff reportedly told Moscow how to appease Trump

Holiday self-care (Deagreez/Getty Images)

Guide to self-care over the holidays

Susan Shapiro

Mental-health experts offer practical strategies to help make the season calmer and more manageable

Rhea Seehorn in "Pluribus" (Apple TV)

Pluribus is a fascinating Rorschach test

Melanie McFarland

Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV show lets us project meaning onto a story about happiness at the end of the world

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Johnny Mercer Theatre on September 24, 2024 in Savannah, Georgia. The former president spoke to attendees on various plans including the tax code, U.S. manufacturing, and future economic opportunities if reelected a second term. Trump continues campaigning around the country ahead of the November 5 presidential election.  (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Election case against Trump dismissed

Troy Farah

Pete Skandalakis declined to pursue the case against Trump and allies's attempts to undo his 2020 election defeat

Dianne Wiest and Johnny Depp on the set of "Edward Scissorhands" (Twentieth Century Fox Film Corpo/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)

Edward and the burden of exceptionality

Kristen Lopez

"Popcorn Disabilities" reexamines "Edward Scissorhands" as a deeply coded disability narrative

(Photo by Stefan Coders / pexels.com)

What is a VPN and do you need one?

Marc Dahan

A VPN creates a private, encrypted tunnel between your device and the internet

Thanksgiving dinner place setting with sides and pumpkin soup (VeselovaElena / Getty Images )

Ditch the turkey. Host a Sides-giving

Francesca Giangiulio

Skip the worst part of the holiday and focus on what everyone is really there for: the sides

A Trader Joe's in fall (Tomsmith585/ Getty Images )

Let TJ's plan a $30 Thanksgiving dinner

Joy Saha

An indulgent menu doesn't have to cost a fortune, thanks to TJ's array of festive and affordable food items

Vice President JD Vance takes questions from reporters about the government shutdown at the White House on Oct. 1, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Vance fights GOP old guard over Russia

Sophia Tesfaye

The administration's Russia-Ukraine peace proposal opens up a new front in the GOP civil war

Second Lady Usha Vance delivers remarks to military personnel and their families in Jacksonville, North Carolina, on Nov. 19, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Usha Vance doesn't do dishes

Amanda Marcotte

The second lady's staff runs the kitchen at the VP's residence

(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Davidoff Studios / Boris Zhitkov / artisteer)

Fight for the Epstein files isn’t over

Russell Payne

Here's the various ways the Trump administration could still block their release

President Donald Trump New York Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office on Nov. 21, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

Mamdani's Trump meeting was a risky move

Norman Solomon

The photo-op with New York City’s mayor-elect softens Trump’s image while masking his authoritarian record

Former Speaker of the House U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as he greets U.S. veterans in the Capitol Rotunda on October 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

McCarthy: MTG was just the beginning

Alex Galbraith

The former House speaker thinks the GOP could see a wider exodus as MAGA rift grows

U.S. President Donald Trump pardons National Thanksgiving Turkey Gobble during the 78th annual National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation in the Rose Garden of the White House on November 25, 2025. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Trump repardons Biden turkeys

Alex Galbraith

The president said Biden's pardons of the turkeys were "void" due to the use of an autopen

A man walks past a placard of the YOKO ONO MUSIC OF THE MIND exhibition at the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Duesseldorf, western Germany on September 26, 2024 (INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)

A Yoko exhibit free of Beatles blame

Caryn Rose

"Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind" highlights decades of peace-focused art that stands on its own

A cozy Thanksgiving dinner (SeventyFour/Getty Images)

Your Thanksgiving questions, answered

Ashlie D. Stevens

From first-time hosting fears to annoying guest etiquette — here’s what you wanted to know

Elon Musk during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, March 24, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Elon Musk's DOGE leaves a deadly legacy

Heather Digby Parton

DOGE's final tallies include millions of deaths projected by 2030 and over 200,000 job cuts

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One on Nov. 16, 2025.

Trump’s threats show he is unfit to lead

Sabrina Haake

The president's vile language and investigation of Sen. Mark Kelly could have dangerous consequences

(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Bill Clark / CQ-Roll Call, Inc)

Why Mitch McConnell killed the hemp buzz

Russell Payne

The Kentucky senator helped end a loophole in hemp law he championed. Now a $28 billion industry could be destroyed

A woman entering a voting polling place. (YinYang / Getty Images)

GOP pushes for DOJ election intervention

Carrie Levine - Votebeat

There’s little precedent or legal authority for what Michigan lawmakers are seeking from the Justice Department.

U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., speaks to press before the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Kelly brushes off court-martial threats

Alex Galbraith

The senator from Arizona said he refuses to give in to "bullies"

Lindsey Halligan, attorney for U.S. President Donald Trump, looks on during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House, on March 31, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)

Comey case thrown out

Garrett Owen

A federal judge ruled that the DOJ prosecutor who brought the case was not lawfully appointed to her role

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) speaks to the press on Capitol Hill on July 24, 2025. ( Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

GOP fears "rough" 2026 midterms

Garrett Owen

Senior Republicans are spilling on internal rifts and plummeting morale as a washout looms

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 30: Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Musk, who served as an adviser to Trump and led the Department of Government Efficiency, announced he would leave his role the Trump administration to refocus on his businesses. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Republicans mourn passing of DOGE

Garrett Owen

The controversial department promised to cut costs, but may have ended up costing taxpayers instead

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